John and his wife Elizabeth arrived in Port Jackson on the 4 of Nov 1840 aboard the "ĞiğRoyal Consort"Ğ/iğ, just 17 days after his three sisters Catherine Lawrence, Mary Ann Lawrence, Elizabeth Mawhinnew nee Lawrence and brother inlaw Samuel Mawhinnew and three nieces Sarah, Charlotte and Mary Jane, arrived on the 18 of Oct 1840 on the "ĞiğIsabellaĞ/iğ".

Both Ğiğ"Isabella"Ğ/iğ and "ĞiğRoyal ConsortĞ/iğ" were "Marshalls emigrants" It appears Marshall's emigrants were Bounty emigrants and at one point John Marshall shipping was accused of 'scouring the streets of London to fill their ships'